Grandy's Point

{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}}

{{Use Canadian English|date=April 2026}}

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'''Grandy's Point''' is an abandoned fishing community located in the province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]. It was founded in the early 1800's by a Connors family{{Cite web |last=Mannion |first=John |title=The Mannion Collection - Card Summary, Timothy O'Connor |url=https://www.mannioncollection.ca/DetailView.aspx?lookupid=i6\e100065087.jpg |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Irish Migration and Settlement in Newfoundland, 1750 to 1850}} and a Collins family.{{Cite web |title=The Collinses of Grandy’s Point / Clattice Harbour, Placentia Bay |url=https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/collins-newfoundland-labrador/about/background |access-date=13 April 2026 |website=Family Tree DNA}} The community is recorded as containing 14 residents in 1817 in an informal census recorded by the travelling Methodist Minister John Lewis.{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=John |url=https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/archives/id/22660 |title=Journal 7 1818 - 1818, Burin |date=1818 |publisher=Archives and Special Collections, Memorial University of Newfoundland |location=Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |pages=Inside Back Cover |language=en}} The population grew to 42 by 1836, 47 by 1869, and 53 by 1884.{{Cite book |last=Smallwood |first=Joseph Roberts |url=https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/658 |title=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume 2 |publisher=Newfoundland Book Publishers |year=1981 |location=St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |publication-date= |pages=694 |language=en}} Connorses, Collinses, Tibbos, and Flynns were all fishing households settled in the cove in the early 1870's.{{Cite web |last=Tate |first=Don |title=McAlpines Directory 1870-71 - Gander's Point |url=https://ngb.chebucto.org/M1870/70-ganders-point-psm.shtml |access-date=13 April 2026 |website=Newfoundland Grand Banks}} By the 1890's, the residents began abandoning the community for nearby outports such as [[Clattice Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador|Clattice Harbour]] and [[St. Kyran's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. Kyran's]].

'''Grandy's Point''' is an abandoned fishing community located in the province of [[Newfoundland and Labrador]]. It was founded in the early 1800's by a Connors family{{Cite web |last=Mannion |first=John |title=The Mannion Collection - Card Summary, Timothy O'Connor |url=https://www.mannioncollection.ca/DetailView.aspx?lookupid=i6\e100065087.jpg |access-date=12 April 2026 |website=Irish Migration and Settlement in Newfoundland, 1750 to 1850}} and a Collins family.{{Cite web |title=The Collinses of Grandy’s Point / Clattice Harbour, Placentia Bay |url=https://www.familytreedna.com/groups/collins-newfoundland-labrador/about/background |access-date=13 April 2026 |website=Family Tree DNA}} The community is recorded as containing 14 residents in 1817 in an informal census recorded by the travelling Methodist Minister John Lewis.{{Cite book |last=Lewis |first=John |url=https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/archives/id/22660 |title=Journal 7 1818 - 1818, Burin |date=1818 |publisher=Archives and Special Collections, Memorial University of Newfoundland |location=Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada |pages=Inside Back Cover |language=en}} The population grew to 42 by 1836, 47 by 1869, and 53 by 1884.{{Cite book |last=Smallwood |first=Joseph Roberts |url=https://collections.mun.ca/digital/collection/cns_enl/id/658 |title=Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume 2 |publisher=Newfoundland Book Publishers |year=1981 |location=St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador |publication-date= |pages=694 |language=en}} Connorses, Collinses, Tibbos, and Flynns were all fishing households settled in the cove in the early 1870's.{{Cite web |last=Tate |first=Don |title=McAlpines Directory 1870-71 - Gander's Point |url=https://ngb.chebucto.org/M1870/70-ganders-point-psm.shtml |access-date=13 April 2026 |website=Newfoundland Grand Banks}} By the late 19th century, the residents began abandoning the community for nearby outports such as [[Clattice Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador|Clattice Harbour]] and [[St. Kyran's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. Kyran's]].> The community had shrunk to a population of 8 Newfoundland-born residents by 1891, with no children under 15 remaining in the community. Only 3 members of the community could read at the time, and only 2 could write.{{Cite web |last=Bond |first=Robert |date=1891 |title=Census Of Newfoundland And Labrador 1891 - Placentia & St. Mary's District - Grandy's Point |url=https://ngb.chebucto.org/C1891/1891-grandys-point-psm.shtml |website=Newfoundland Grand Banks}}>

[[File:Grandy's Point.jpg|alt=Photo of the cove of Grandy's Point. There is a single remaining structure that is worn-down and surrounded by vegetation.|thumb|Photo of Grandy's Point taken by Pete Rogers in 2012.|400x400px|none]]

[[File:Grandy's Point.jpg|alt=Photo of the cove of Grandy's Point. There is a single remaining structure that is worn-down and surrounded by vegetation.|thumb|Photo of Grandy's Point taken by Pete Rogers in 2012.|400x400px|none]]

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